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The u.s. says nearly 1,500 people, including at least 400 children, were killed in a chemical weapons attack outside the syrian capital damascus last month. the obama administration says america cannot turn a blind eye to such a volatile corner of the world. >> that poses a serious national security threat to the united states. and to the region. >> reporter: president obama insists this is a limited strike. there will not be boots on the ground. he said this is not iraq. this is not afghanistan. but john and diana, that is a very tough sell to a war weary nation. karen travers. thank you. o...

>> brian: all right. on a lighter note. >> steve: not exactly. but we are switching gears. the veterans affairs department, you know, we have told you over the last couple of years how -- how many disabled american veterans and heros have to wait almost two years to get their claims processed. now there has been an investigation. as it turns out, a whole bunch of these disability claims processors have gotten giant bonuses for just working the machine, getting them processed quickly, some of them, while other american heros simply are waiting for what is their due. >> brian: there are about $1...

Retake first lace in the al east. moving on to football. reilly cooper has apologized for comments he made at a kenny chesney concert. he used a racial legislature that was caught on amateur video. michael vick said i believe in forgiveness and forgive in him. . finally on a much lighter note. wait until you see this. the uconn woman's basketball team made another trip to the white house to celebrate the championship win. s it ate huskies eighth trip to the white house in 20 year and third time president obama congratulated the team. at this point the players aren't even taking it seriousl...

To do is sort of like give this narrative of us being criminals and being bad people when we are not, we are good student, my parents are good people. i think he is really afraid of this country changing but needs to get over that fear and he needs to understand his own responsibility as an elected official. and how he needs to be inclusive of everyone and that is hateful and racist. >> new jersey governor chris christie take ago shot at the republican party calling their views on national security very dangerous and referring back to 911. he told a panel, quote, these debates, i want them to ...

Serious. photos of tsarnaev, dzhokhar tsarnaev at the moment he was apprehended released by a police officer there on scene because he wanted to counter the image that was on the cover of "rolling stone." he's been relieve of his duties for now. do you think that's just reaction to him reesing these photos? he said he wanted to create balance there. >> they have to have rules. they can't just take the law into their own hands or photos. they have to follow their own protocol. he should be suspended for a little bit. i understand why he did it. >> emotions run still deep and there's some healin...